. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Hobbs' Reproductions Echo i8th Century By Ann Green Photographs by Michael Halminski erquimans County cabinetmaker Ben Hobbs pauses while standing on a floor covered with sawdust, and explains that it takes patience to make furniture the old-fashioned way. "You can't cross the line," says Hobbs while looking at the back of a student's unfinished Chippendale chair. "A piece is not done until it is ; In his classes for aspiring cabinetmakers, Hobbs teaches students how to use hand t
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Hobbs' Reproductions Echo i8th Century By Ann Green Photographs by Michael Halminski erquimans County cabinetmaker Ben Hobbs pauses while standing on a floor covered with sawdust, and explains that it takes patience to make furniture the old-fashioned way. "You can't cross the line," says Hobbs while looking at the back of a student's unfinished Chippendale chair. "A piece is not done until it is ; In his classes for aspiring cabinetmakers, Hobbs teaches students how to use hand tools, traditional techniques and designs from the 18th century. "There was a big group of furniture makers here in Perquimans County," says Hobbs. "They didn't make backwater furniture here. It was a takeoff on the Chippendale style in ; In the classes, students learn how to make fine American reproductions—from Chippendale chairs to pencil post beds. "Chippendale" applies to much of the well-made English furniture of the 18th century. "My furniture is definitely English style — neat and plain, but this doesn't mean there is no ornamentation," says Hobbs. "Some pieces have carved ; Hobbs' classes are held in an old building within a complex in rural northeastern North Carolina between Hertford and Edenton. The workshop, which offers the aroma of new wood, is filled with a woodstove and numerous tools, clamps and unfinished pieces of furniture. While taking the classes, students stay in fully restored pre- Civil War cottages moved from Gates and Perquimans counties. The 16 buildings — which include his home, the cottages, a smokehouse, milk house, jail and restaurant open for dinner to the public — are furnished in antiques and period pieces made by Hobbs. For example, the red-sided Bennetts Creek House was built around 1750 and has modem conveniences. The cottage is decorated early American style with blue w
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